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The Nomads of Mykonos. Performing Liminalities in a 'queer' Space.
Pola Bousiou
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Hardback. This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d'election, a 'gang' of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirty-five years and have formed a community of dispersed friends. Their constant return to and insistence on working, acting and creating in a tourist space, offers them an extreme identity.. Series: New Directions in Anthropology. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JFS; JHM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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This is the ethnography of the Mykoniots d’élection, a ‘gang’ of romantic adventurers who have been visiting the island of Mykonos for the last thirty-five years and have formed a community of dispersed friends. Their constant return to and insistence on working, acting and creating in a tourist space, offers them an extreme identity, which in turn...
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in Anthropology
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845454265
SKU
V9781845454265
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About Pola Bousiou
Pola Bousiou was born and educated in Thessaloniki, Greece, and later at the London School of Economics where she received her PhD in social anthropology. Subsequently she has turned to film-making; in her current research she is exploring the relationship between anthropology and film by deconstructing her auto-ethnographic text into an experimental film narrative.
Reviews for The Nomads of Mykonos. Performing Liminalities in a 'queer' Space.
“…an enticing and vibrant ethnographic text, full of insightful comments which follow diverse strands of theoretical discussion…a genuine piece of postmodern performative ethnography.” • JRAI “…a thought-provoking exploration of ethnography, social theory…a unique and provocative intervention into the “status quo” of ethnographic writing and explanation. The book refuses and transgresses coherencies and dichotomies in ways that ultimately reveal our own...
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